Lisa in Saint-Tropez

Accession Number
1984/1.277.15

Title
Lisa in Saint-Tropez

Artist(s)
Helmut Newton

Artist Nationality
Australian

Object Creation Date
1975, printed 1980

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
12 3/16 in x 8 1/8 in (30.96 cm x 20.64 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Gerald and Selma Lotenberg

Subject matter
A photograph from a portfolio of images in which Helmut Newton depicts celebrities, designers and models in highly contrived poses and often placed in decadent scenes. In this photograph, a nude woman stands with her back to the viewer poolside in Saint-Tropez. With one knee bent, she faces to the right, looking over her shoulder toward the pool which extends beyond the frame past the director's chair.

Physical Description
A photograph of a nude woman standing and looking over a pool with palm trees in the background and a director's chair to her right in the foreground.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
Figures
chairs (furniture forms)
clouds
female
modern and contemporary art
nudes
nudes (representations)
palm tree
pools (bodies of water)
sky
standing
trees
water

5 Related Resources

Celebrity
(Part of 9 Learning Collections)
Decadence
(Part of 5 Learning Collections)
Femmes Fatales
(Part of 8 Learning Collections)
Photographic Portraiture 1970-1989
(Part of: Identity and Self-Understanding)

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